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  1. Robert H. Harlan diary

    Robert H. Harlan was an American exchange student from the University of Chicago studying abroad during the academic year 1938-1939 at the Philipps-Universitat in Marburg, Germany. His diary was written between September 7, 1938 and November 14, 1938, in Germany and English, on pages of a date book and include his impressions of the treatment of Jews during Kristallnacht. In a separate typed document, Robert recorded these same events in greater detail after he returned from Germany. The typed chronology details Robert's ten-day visit to the home of German Jews Bruno (1880-1957) and Frida S...

  2. Neumann family papers

    The Neumann family papers consist of biographical materials, photographs, and restitution files documenting the Neumann family from Vienna, Gertrud and Ernst Neumann’s immigration from Vienna to the United States in 1940, and their children Karl and Greta’s immigration from Sweden via Riga, Vladivostok, Tokyo, Vancouver, and Seattle in 1941. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, registration, immigration, medical, military, and student records. Photographs primarily date from before World War II and depict the Neumann family and their relatives including, among others, Ernst’s bro...

  3. Postwar Berlin; theaters in Steglitz; US Air Force planes landing

    Four men operate a machine to demolish a city building. Men at work. 01:34:49 Train. Men at work again. Airplane lands. Rubble. 01:35:44 Street scene in Berlin with traffic, trams, and pedestrians. Max Kuehl sign. Couple walks towards camera, woman returns with flower bouquet. Outdoor market. Street scenes. EXT, "Ratskeller Steglitz" and "Albrechtshof Lichtspiele" (a theatre). "Titania Palast" theatre. Red Cross vehicle passes by. More street scenes. Café tables. 01:38:40 Dog walks towards camera. Puppies. 01:38:53 Women with aprons. Older couple with hats. Man in back of pickup truck waves...

  4. William Perl papers

    The William Perl papers include original documents as well as photocopies of documents held by the Public Records Offices in London and Richmond and by the British National Archives. Most records relate to William Perl's involvement in clandestine Jewish emigration by Jewish refugees from various European countries to Palestine around 1939-1940. The collection also includes a July 4, 1944 report titled “Soviet State Extraordinary Commission for Ascertaining and Investigating the Crimes Committed by the German-fascist Invaders and Their Accomplices” including information about executions of ...

  5. Newlyweds visit Venice, Bitola, and London

    HAS, Julian and Esther Aresty on a trip to Bitola, probably in Summer 1936 after their wedding on June 18, 1936. The couple was living in Chicago at the time. They stand near the railing of a ship’s deck. Waves pass. People play shuffleboard, talk, and pose for photographs on the deck. A passing ship on the horizon line. Very brief shot of men playing a game on the ship. Pan of the sea and land on the horizon, shots of people on deck. 01:48 HAS, pan of tiled rooftops, Cathedral spire, gardens with a large fountain. Esther stands on terraced steps, waving to the camera. Julian in the country...

  6. Watercolor

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  7. Watercolor

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  8. Watercolor and ink sketch

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  9. Ink drawing

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  10. Pencil drawing

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  11. Ink drawing

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  12. Sketch

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  13. Pencil sketch

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  14. Pencil sketch

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  15. Ink sketch and pencil sketch

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  16. Charcoal portrait of a man in period dress

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  17. Ink sketch depicting buildings

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  18. Ink sketch depicting buildings

    1. Leo Yeni collection

  19. Josef and Josefine Schmitz papers

    The Josef and Josefine Schmitz papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration files, photographs, and restitution files documenting their lives in Břeclav, Vienna, Brno, and Tel Aviv; their emigration from Czechoslovakia to Palestine in 1939 with their daughter Judith; and their efforts to recover their property and receive restitution after the war. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and health certificates; school records; and identification and military papers documenting Josef, Josefine, and Judith Schmitz along with correspondence and forms documentin...

  20. Ink sketch depicting buildings

    1. Leo Yeni collection